Broadcom, based in Palo Alto, California, designs custom AI accelerators, which it calls XPUs, for large customers including Google, Anthropic and OpenAI, along with networking chips for AI clusters. It reported AI semiconductor revenue of $16.7 billion for the quarter ended 2 August 2026.
At a glance
| Price from | Custom |
| Best for | Hyperscalers and AI labs building their own chips |
From Broadcom's own website.
What stands out
- Designs chips for several of the largest AI labs
- Strong AI networking line
Worth knowing
- Not sold off the shelf
- Revenue concentrated in a few customers
How it ranks
Broadcom is ranked 4th of 10 in Best AI Chip Companies (Lister Score 93.5).
#4 in Best AI Chip Companies · Lister Score 93.5
Broadcom's AI semiconductor revenue was $16.7 billion in the quarter ended 2 August 2026, up 221% year on year..
| Rank | Best AI Chip Companies | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 97.4 |
| 2 | AMD | 95.9 |
| 3 | Google (TPU) | 94.7 |
| 4 | Broadcom | 93.5 |
| 5 | Amazon Web Services (Trainium) | 92.2 |
| 6 | Huawei (Ascend) | 90.8 |
| 7 | Cerebras | 89.5 |
| 8 | Intel | 88.1 |
| 9 | Qualcomm | 86.6 |
| 10 | Tenstorrent | 85.2 |
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